…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Masking The Danger a as mask use is an unlikely topic in an ulpan class where newcomers to Israel learn to read and speak Hebrew. But that's what Nancy Lipsey, a former Jewish professional in Detroit and Atlanta, learned about one day last week at the absorption center where she lives and studies. Each day, her ulpan teacher, Miriam Deutsch, reviews the Hebrew version of words.in the news — from "desalinization" and "terri...…
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…A Sight To Behold Holocaust Memorial Center construction is on schedule. Rabbi Rosenzveig speaks with HMC project manager Tim VanAntwerp. HARRY KIRS BAUM StalfW-iter T he ground is muddy and treacherous, the temporary roof leaks, and the hum of construction equipment never stops — but to Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig, it's a dream come true. As the new site of the Holocaust Memorial Center takes shape on the west side of Orchard Lake Road nor...…
…This Week Week BBYO Regional Convention was a blast for hundreds of Jewish teens. s ome competed in basketball, swimming, bowling or volley- ball. Others told stories, • cheered or participated in Quiz Bowl to earn points for their chapters. For some, the highlight was the talent show, or the dressy dance, or just talking in the halls of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield during the .B'nai B'rith Youth Organization's annual...…
…ategai4:- Above: "The Jews Brothers" with Kishon AZA's Evan and Jordan Berman of Farmington Hills. Left: Andrew Appel of Huntington Woods fronts for Marx AZA during talent show. Opposite page, top to bottom: Molly Gross and Rachel Brody, both of West Bloomfield, dance with their chapter in "Mama Mia." Between events, Dave Permut of Huntington Woods, Josh Diem, Jonathan Hammer and Jared Bobkin, all of Oak Park, and Michael Zumberg, Jay Plis...…
…Washington Watch Campaign Swing Lieberman Mideast tour designed to provide "balance" for presidential run. Morton Klein, president of the hard- line Zionist Organization of America. "I think that WILL hurt his chances in 2004." en. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Lieberman met with Palestinian offi- on a major Mideast swing cials but shunned leader Yasser Arafat. over the winter break, is He also met with leaders in Qatar, doing just what preside'n...…
…Israel Debates Response To Terror Targeted killings are debated following deadly terror attack. NAOMI SEGAL Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem ro rime Minister Ariel Sharon is vowing to step up target- ed killings of suspected Palestinian terrorists. He made the comment following a terror attack Friday night, Dec. 27, at a West Bank yeshivah, in which four students were killed and 10 others wounded. Reflecting the odd vagaries of Middle...…
…Week GounIs ils Td.saf's TERROR Take a Free Two-Hour Vacation to the Islands! forward," Yassin said. Activists at the rally blew up a model of an Israeli tank and burned U.S., British and Israeli flags. Israel blamed Arafat for the Otniel attack, saying the Palestinian Authority has failed to clamp down on terror. A Palestinian official said Israel's policies, including the targeted killings, were to blame for the ongoing attacks. Join u...…
…Insight Remember When • • Is Cloning `Kosher'? Front the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 years ago. 1993 Surprisingly diverse rabbinical views cut across movement lines. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Sta•Writer T medical progress that can help save a life or solve infertility problems — but rejects the artificial creation of life. Rabbi Finman disagrees. "The cloning of a human being is not artificial," he sa...…
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…OTHER, VIEWS Does Arab Violence Pay Off? Haifa here is no lack of news, almost daily, on events in the Israeli-Palestinian con- frontation, but certain fun- damental aspects of that struggle have received little attention. It is time the spotlight should be turned on them. Statements by Palestinian leaders, sermons in mosques, and articles and editorials repeated in their press all lead to expression of a general opin- ion that the Arabs ar...…
…What Is Jihad? Philadelphia hat does the Arabic word "jihad" mean? One answer came last week, when Saddam Hussein had his Islamic leaders appeal to Muslims worldwide to join his . jihad to defeat the "wicked Americans" should they attack Iraq; then he him- self threatened the United States with jihad. . As this suggests, jihad is "holy war." Or, more precisely: It means the legal, compulsory, communal effort to expand the territories ruled b...…
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…Synagogue Listings Torah Portion Looking For Proof ESTHER ALLWEISS TSCHIRHART Special to the Jewish News p art show and part lecture, Aish Detroit's Discovery Seminar drew 300 people Dec. 19 to the Birmingham Theatre. Many attending had responded to an intriguing postcard that called Discovery "a one-stop extraordinary multimedia presentation that combines philosophy, psychology, history and computer science to take audiences on a journe...…
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